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FINAL THIRD.

This video is about one thing you’re leaving on the table right now, and that’s goals in the final third of the pitch.

You’re getting the ball in the best area on the pitch, just outside the box, central, with the goalkeeper’s view often blocked, and instead of shooting, you’re looking for a pass.

That’s not the moment.

That’s a shooting moment.

Because of how your team plays, with a lot of crosses and second balls, that space opens up constantly, and in your league defenders ball-watch, which makes it even easier for you to get clean looks from there.

You’ve already shown you can score from these situations, especially when you play more freely, but right now there’s hesitation, and that hesitation is costing you goals.

The same thing shows up inside the box.

You arrive in stride, but instead of finishing in one motion, you take an extra touch.

That one extra step removes your advantage.

Now the goalkeeper sets, now defenders recover, and the chance is gone.

When the goalkeeper gives you the near post, the decision is simple.

Take it. High. No extra touch.

If you want the far post, then you have to create it with a small adjustment first, not just hope it opens.

And there’s another part of this that’s costing you as well, and that’s your movement before the ball arrives.

You’re drifting, you’re ball-watching, and you’re not clear enough for your teammates to find you.

At your level, if you don’t show clearly, you don’t get the ball.

And your runs aren’t helping you either.

You’re running straight, which takes your momentum away from goal, instead of curving your run and arriving already facing it.

So everything comes back to the same thing.

Be decisive.

Shoot when it’s there.
Finish in one action.
Make your movement clear.

Because right now, the opportunities are there…

you’re just not taking them.

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